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Blue Jackets power past Capitals, 2-1
NHL

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets’ NHL-worst power play scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves in a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday night.

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in his return to the lineup and Anthony Duclair had his seventh goal of the season for Columbus, which has three power-play goals during its two-game winning streak. It entered the night 7 of 59 on the power play, an 11.9 percent conversion rate.


MAPLE LEAFS 6, 

DEVILS 1

TORONTO (AP) — John Tavares scored his ninth goal of the season, Patrick Marleau had his 600th NHL assist and Toronto beat New Jersey.

Nazem Kadri, Connor Brown, Andreas Johnsson, Morgan Rielly and Tyler Ennis also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 38 saves. Toronto improved to 11-5-0 with its third straight victory.


RED WINGS 3, 

RANGERS 2, OT

DETROIT (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored with 5.1 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Detroit past New York.

Andreas Athanasiou, who had tied the game with 2:02 remaining in the third period, backhanded a pass to Larkin, who redirected the puck past Henrik Lundqvist for his seventh goal of the season. The Rangers led 2-0 after two periods but had their four-game winning streak snapped.

JETS 5, AVALANCHE 2

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler had an empty-net goal and four assists in Winnipeg’ victory over Colorado.

Wheeler extended his point streak to nine games. He has two goals and 15 assists during the run, and is second in the NHL with 18 assists overall — one behind Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen.


WILD 5, DUCKS 1

ANAHEIM (AP) — Mikael Granlund had two goals and an assist as Minnesota swept the Southern California part of its road trip.

Minnesota, which defeated Los Angeles 4-1 on Thursday, had a 43-20 advantage in shots as it dominated throughout.